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William Schley (1786-1858) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., December
15, 1786.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in Georgia, 1825-28; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1830; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1833-35; resigned 1835; Governor of
Georgia, 1835-37.
Died near Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., November
20, 1858 (age 71 years, 340
days).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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George Dent (1756-1813) —
of Maryland.
Born in Charles
County, Md., 1756.
Democrat. Served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1782-90; member of Maryland
state senate, 1791-92; state court judge in Maryland, 1791-95; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 1st District, 1793-1801.
Episcopalian.
Died near Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., December
2, 1813 (age about 57
years).
Interment in a private or family graveyard.
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Patrick Walsh (1840-1899) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Ballingarry, County Limerick, Ireland,
January
1, 1840.
Democrat. Newspaper
editor; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1872-76; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Georgia, 1884;
U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1894-95; mayor of
Augusta, Ga., 1897-99.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., March 19,
1899 (age 59 years, 77
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Richard Henry Wilde (1789-1847) —
also known as Richard H. Wilde —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Dublin, Ireland,
September
24, 1789.
Democrat. Lawyer; Georgia
state attorney general, 1811-13; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1815-17, 1825, 1827-35.
Died in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
10, 1847 (age 57 years, 351
days).
Original interment somewhere
in New Orleans, La.; reinterment 1854 in private or family graveyard;
reinterment in 1886 at City Cemetery.
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George Thomas Barnes (1833-1901) —
also known as George T. Barnes —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born near Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., August
14, 1833.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1868,
1876;
member of Georgia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1885-91.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., October
24, 1901 (age 68 years, 71
days).
Interment at City Cemetery.
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Benjamin Conley (1815-1886) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.; Atlanta, Fulton
County, Ga.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., March 1,
1815.
Mayor
of Augusta, Ga., 1857-59; Governor of
Georgia, 1871-72; president, Macon and Augusta Railroad;
postmaster.
Died in West End (now part of Atlanta), Fulton
County, Ga., January
10, 1886 (age 70 years, 315
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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James Conquest Cross Black (1842-1928) —
also known as James C. C. Black —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Stamping Ground, Scott
County, Ky., May 9,
1842.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1873-77; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1893-95, 1895-97;
resigned 1895.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., October
1, 1928 (age 86 years, 145
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Thomas Glascock (1790-1841) —
of Georgia.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., October
21, 1790.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; member of
Georgia
state house of representatives, 1821-23, 1831-34, 1839; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1835-39.
Died in Decatur, DeKalb
County, Ga., May 19,
1841 (age 50 years, 210
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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John Troup Shewmake (1828-1898) —
of Georgia.
Born in Burke
County, Ga., January
23, 1828.
Member of Georgia
state senate, 1861, 1879; Representative
from Georgia in the Confederate Congress, 1864-65.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., December
1, 1898 (age 70 years, 312
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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William Gibson (1822-1893) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Warren
County, Ga., March 10,
1822.
Republican. Member of Georgia
state house of representatives; colonel in the Confederate Army
during the Civil War; member of Georgia
state senate, 1867; superior court judge in Georgia, 1867-79;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Georgia, 1868.
Died in Mesena, Warren
County, Ga., April 5,
1893 (age 71 years, 26
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Ambrose Ransom Wright (1826-1872) —
also known as Rans Wright —
of Georgia.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ga., April 26,
1826.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Georgia, 1856;
general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of Georgia
state senate, 1863; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Georgia, 1868,
1872.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., December
21, 1872 (age 46 years, 239
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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Goode Bryan (1811-1885) —
of Lee
County, Ga.
Born in Hancock
County, Ga., August
31, 1811.
Delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861; general in the Confederate
Army during the Civil War.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., August
16, 1885 (age 73 years, 350
days).
Interment at Magnolia Cemetery.
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William Few (1748-1828) —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born near Baltimore (unknown
county), Md., June 8,
1748.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; member
of Georgia state legislature, 1777-79; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Georgia, 1780-85; member,
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1789-93; state court judge in Georgia,
1796-99; member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1801-05.
Methodist.
Died in Fishkill-on-Hudson (now part of Beacon), Dutchess
County, N.Y., July 16,
1828 (age 80 years, 38
days).
Original interment at Reformed
Dutch Church Cemetery, Beacon, N.Y.; reinterment at St. Paul's
Churchyard.
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George Mathews (1739-1812) —
of Georgia.
Born in Augusta
County, Va., August
30, 1739.
Colonel in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1789-91; Governor of
Georgia, 1793-96; U.S. Special Diplomatic Agent to Florida, 1811.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., August
30, 1812 (age 73 years, 0
days).
Interment at St. Paul's Churchyard.
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John Pendleton King (1799-1888) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Glasgow, Barren
County, Ky., April 3,
1799.
Democrat. State court judge in Georgia, 1831; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1833-37.
Died March 19,
1888 (age 88 years, 351
days).
Interment at St. Paul's Churchyard.
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George Walker Crawford (1798-1872) —
of Georgia.
Born in Columbia
County, Ga., December
22, 1798.
Georgia
state attorney general, 1827; member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1837; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1843; Governor of
Georgia, 1843-47; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1849-50; delegate
to Georgia secession convention, 1861.
Died near Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., July 27,
1872 (age 73 years, 218
days).
Interment at Summerville Cemetery.
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John Milledge (1757-1818) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Georgia, 1757.
Georgia
state attorney general, 1780-81; U.S.
Representative from Georgia at-large, 1792-93, 1795-99, 1801-02;
Governor
of Georgia, 1802-06; U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1806-09.
Died February
9, 1818 (age about 60
years).
Interment at Summerville Cemetery.
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Alfred Cuthbert (1785-1856) —
of Eatonton, Putnam
County, Ga.; Monticello, Jasper
County, Ga.
Born in Savannah, Chatham
County, Ga., December
23, 1785.
Democrat. Member of Georgia state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1813-16, 1821-27 (at-large 1813-16,
1821-25, 6th District 1825-27); U.S.
Senator from Georgia, 1835-43.
Died July 9,
1856 (age 70 years, 199
days).
Interment at Summerville Cemetery.
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Charles Jones Jenkins (1805-1883) —
of Georgia.
Born January
6, 1805.
Member of Georgia state legislature, 1830; Georgia
state attorney general, 1831; member of Georgia
state senate, 1856; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1860-66; Governor of
Georgia, 1865-68; received 2 electoral votes for President, 1872;
delegate
to Georgia state constitutional convention, 1877.
Died June 14,
1883 (age 78 years, 159
days).
Interment at Summerville Cemetery.
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Alfred Cumming (1802-1873) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Sand Hills, Richmond
County, Ga., September
4, 1802.
Son of Thomas
Cumming and Ann (Clay) Cumming.
Mayor
of Augusta, Ga., 1836; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican
War; Governor of
Utah Territory, 1858-61.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., October
9, 1873 (age 71 years, 35
days).
Interment at Summerville Cemetery.
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Joseph Rucker Lamar (1857-1916) —
also known as Joseph R. Lamar —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Ruckersville, Elbert
County, Ga., October
14, 1857.
Son of James S. Lamar and Mary (Rucker) Lamar.
Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1886-89; justice of
Georgia state supreme court, 1903-05; Justice
of U.S. Supreme Court, 1911-16.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
2, 1916 (age 58 years, 80
days).
Interment at Summerville Cemetery.
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William Henry Fleming (1856-1944) —
also known as William H. Fleming —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., October
18, 1856.
Son of Porter Fleming and Catherine B. (Moragner) Fleming.
Democrat. Superintendent
of schools; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state house of representatives, 1888-94; Speaker of
the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1894; U.S.
Representative from Georgia 10th District, 1897-1903.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; American Bar
Association.
Died in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., June 9,
1944 (age 87 years, 235
days).
Interment at Summerville Cemetery.
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Charles Whitlow Norwood, Jr. (1941-2007) —
also known as Charlie Norwood —
of Evans, Columbia
County, Ga.
Born in Valdosta, Lowndes
County, Ga., July 27,
1941.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war; dentist; U.S.
Representative from Georgia, 1995-2007 (10th District 1995-2003,
9th District 2003-07, 10th District 2007); died in office 2007.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Died, from lung
cancer and idiopathic
pulmonary fibrosis, in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., February
13, 2007 (age 65 years, 201
days).
Interment at Westover Memorial Park.
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R. Eugene Holley (c.1926-2000) —
of Georgia.
Born about 1926.
Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1965-77.
In 1980, he was convicted
of bank
fraud and sentenced
to ten years in prison
(later reduced to three years); served 16 months.
Suffered a heart
attack, and died soon afterward, in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., July 19,
2000 (age about 74
years).
Interment at Westover Memorial Park.
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Thomas Allgood, Sr. (1928-2000) —
of Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga.
Born in Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., September
10, 1928.
Lawyer;
member of Georgia
state senate, 1977-91.
Member, American
Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America.
Killed in the crash of
a single-engine airplane,
during takeoff from Daniel Field airport,
Augusta, Richmond
County, Ga., August 4,
2000 (age 71 years, 329
days).
Interment at Westover Memorial Park.
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